OpenClaw Ghost Pay

Use this skill when an OpenClaw agent must:

1. Discover Ghost payment requirements for a service.
2. Execute a real x402 request against a merchant endpoint.
3. Report a verified x402 settlement back to Ghost for GhostRank.
4. Optionally run GhostWire quote/prepare/status flows.

This published skill bundle includes the helper scripts it references. Use {baseDir} when invoking them so the commands work after clawhub install openclaw-ghost-pay.

Required environment

• GHOST_SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY (required): trusted signing key for x402 calls and settlement reporting.

Optional:

• GHOST_OPENCLAW_BASE_URL (default: https://ghostprotocol.cc)
• GHOST_OPENCLAW_CHAIN_ID (default: 8453)
• GHOST_OPENCLAW_SERVICE_SLUG (optional default service slug)
• GHOST_OPENCLAW_AGENT_ID (optional default agent id for settlement reporting)
• GHOST_OPENCLAW_X402_URL (optional default merchant endpoint URL for call-x402.mjs)
• GHOST_OPENCLAW_TIMEOUT_MS (default: 15000)
• GHOSTWIRE_PROVIDER_ADDRESS
• GHOSTWIRE_EVALUATOR_ADDRESS
• GHOSTWIRE_PRINCIPAL_AMOUNT
• GHOSTWIRE_CLIENT_ADDRESS
• GHOSTWIRE_SPEC_HASH (optional explicit override; otherwise derive from request)
• GHOSTWIRE_REQUEST_PROMPT
• GHOSTWIRE_REQUEST_JSON
• GHOSTWIRE_REQUEST_WALLET
• GHOSTWIRE_REQUEST_METADATA_JSON
• GHOSTWIRE_METADATA_URI
• GHOSTWIRE_APPROVAL_MODE

Never put private keys in prompts, plaintext config screenshots, or frontend output.

Flow

1. Get payment requirements

node {baseDir}/bin/get-payment-requirements.mjs --service agent-18755

This calls Ghost read-only MCP and resolves:

• Express gate endpoint
• chain id
• request cost credits
• Ghost's canonical x402 metadata block

2. Dry run a real x402 request

node {baseDir}/bin/call-x402.mjs --url https://merchant.example.com/ask --method POST --body-json "{\"prompt\":\"hello\"}" --dry-run true

3. Execute a live x402 request

node {baseDir}/bin/call-x402.mjs --url https://merchant.example.com/ask --method POST --body-json "{\"prompt\":\"hello\"}"

This helper runs the real 402 -> payment -> retry flow against the merchant endpoint.

4. Report the verified settlement back to Ghost

node {baseDir}/bin/report-x402-settlement.mjs --agent-id 18755 --service agent-18755 --request-id req_123 --payment-reference 0xabc123 --payer-identity 0xpayer --amount-atomic 1000000 --success true --status-code 200

This is the step that makes successful x402 usage visible to GhostRank.

GhostWire flow

5. Get a GhostWire quote

node {baseDir}/bin/get-wire-quote.mjs --client 0x... --provider 0x... --evaluator 0x... --principal-amount 1000000

6. Create a GhostWire job from a quote

node {baseDir}/bin/create-wire-job-from-quote.mjs --quote-id wq_... --client 0x... --provider 0x... --evaluator 0x... --request-prompt "Roast my wallet honestly."

7. Poll GhostWire job status

node {baseDir}/bin/get-wire-job-status.mjs --job-id wj_... --wait-terminal true

Safe usage rules

• Use only against approved Ghost service slugs and merchant-approved GhostWire roles.
• Do not log signer private keys.
• Prefer --dry-run true before the first live paid request in a new runtime.
• Treat 402 as a payment challenge or policy failure, not a transport failure.
• Treat GhostWire prepare output as sensitive transaction-prep data for the client wallet.
• For GhostWire, put the consumer task in --request-prompt / --request-json; keep --metadata-uri for the merchant deliverable locator.